Auxiliary car step



Aug. 2s, 1923.

P. swANsoN ET AL AUXILIARY GAR STEP Filed April 23. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Il l0,

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Patented ug. ZS, 1.923, i l l v l' i ear-55m LGppygfp 'PETER swANsoN Armjim, or .Y

I l AXILrAnY-i'eng" y Applica-lign med mi 23419213' sirral 6322113.

To allwiom I? may concern ably journaled yas at'll upon the inner faces Re it known that we, Parnu SwANsoN and of the rearmost portions rofthe sidewalls v1 AXEL W. CARLSON, citizens et the United and 2; l' A States. residing at Ely, inthe county of St. Securely liXed to the4 shaft 10 int any de, 60 5 Louis and State'of Minnesota. have invented sired manner is theupstanding lever 12,the certain new and usetul' lmprovements` `in upper end of which is substantially clover- I Auxiliary (lar Steps. of which the follow sliaped,'and having the 'like cloverfshaped ing` is a specilication. reference'being had opening 18 therein, the purpose ofwhich therein to the accompanying drawing. Y will become apparentlater; A; vertical lever 65 This invention relates to' improvements in .141 is journalled as au15 to the Wall ofthe Ag auxiliary steps for railway car platforms vestibule, extends upwardly thioiligh the and has its principal'object tovprovide floor 'or platform.16, through the journal such a step which is more practical and con bearing" 17 and to the upper end'ol which is veniently operated than heretofore known. l secured the` lever 18 which is similar in 70 Another object ot the invention is to proshape to the lever 12.Y The. lower end o the vide automatic locking means wherebyjthe lever 14: is bent inwardly andy made 'tof pass step will become locked automatically when through thelopening 19 in the wall 1 and either raised or fully extended. also'through the opening 13 in the leyer 12- Other objects and advantages of the in- The operating lever 20 is pivotally secured 20 vention will appear in the further descripto the floor or' the vestibule in any desiredl tion thereof. I manner as at 21, and extends through the Referring to the accompanying drawings clover-shaped opening 22m the free end'ot 'formingV part of this application in which the lever18. Theupper endgofftheoperat-j like reference characters indicate like parts: ing1 lever .is provided with the diagonally ex- 25 Figure 1 is a perspective view' of the tending extension `23', whichfis madetowre.- n

broken away lower portion ot the vestibule `ciprocate, when the leveris operated. under of a .railway Car Showingthe .under back thearcuately'shaped guardQt, fixed Vto theview of thev steps 'into'.:the vestibule withv the wall of the vestibule. ,Thus-V it will be imauxiliarystep and trap door of' the vestibule possible for the clothing .of a passengeret open. the ear tobecome caught onthe lever. Y

Figure 2 is a perspective view oi the operltY willbe understood' thatv they length of atingV lever showing the guard tor the upper throw ofthe operating lever `is regulatedv by end thereof;` tliedistanee it is lspaced from thesh/aft 14:, Figure Slis a view similar to Figure 1 of and also by the length of the bi'ght of *the 90 a modified form ofthe invention; lever, either or 4which may be varied to suit y Figure 4 is a sectional view through the the requirements. automatic locking means. Y

, Thus when the levery V2() isin the position 1 yand 2 represent the opposite sidewalls shown. the stepfwilllbe-in extendediposition, of the ordinary steps into the vestibule of a but when the lever '20.` is reversed itiwill 4 railway passenger car,y to the lower, outer bring theauxiliary step up against the botf corners of whichis pivotally suspended as tom of the -lastifixedstep and in Which posiby suitable links A8 the auxiliary step Ll. The tion it will be at all times when the car is l links -3 arepivotally attached to the rearmoving. V i g most corners of the step as at 5 so that the .Because of the: fact that the links 3 are 100 ,45 step when lowered into receptiveposition attachedtothe rearniost corners ot the aux- A for a pedestrian willoceur in proper sequence iliary step, when aweight is applied thereon with the stationary vestibule steps', and when the tendency of ythe step `Will be to swing unfolded upwardly and backwardly willv occur der the car, which it lwould vdo were it not in close proximity to the under side of the for the specific cloifer-shaped openings 13 105 lowermost stationary step. .find 22 in the levers 12 and 18 respectively; @paced arms 6 are rigidly vfixed to the the lower corners of the openings binding or under side of the step 4. extend rearwardly pinching the levers passingl therethrough. thereof, and are bent upwardly as at 7, However when the lever 20 is vmoved in where they are pivotally connected as at 8, either' direction-it will pass the corners of to the depending arms 9, rigidly fixed to the the opening in the lever 1Sl before they will transverse rotatable shaft 10, which is suithave a chance to bind; thus the operating iel lever, is ,automatically leslie@ ie .either @X- treme position, except Wheirinalnually nia- I nipulated;

` treme end thereof.

The shaft 14 is provided with an annular Yenlargernent 25?*Wli'ioh fit'sivithin 'an operiing in the bearing or bracket 15 when *the latter is applied as illustratedin' Figure'l and forms admirable ineens forineintaining the shaft 14 against vertical movement which iSy obviously necessary to the Asuccessful operationfof the device. f

In the'rnoidi'iied for'n'illustrated/in Figure 3, theishaft` 10`extends through the side iva-ll 1 andthe lever`"12` is lixed to the ex- '.llhe lower forked end of the o'peretinglever 25 Vis niadeto overlap thelever 12 andthe holes in lever 25 register with the opening` 13, when the pin -isinfserted through the/thus registerivngl holesV lvvhioh forms the. pivotal Connection between ,the operating lever and thelooking lever'12. The pinV is! `/prlovi ded yWith e shoulder-2S 'and theput'er endofthe pin is screw threeded andhais theinut 29 applied there-to to hold the pivotal connection seoure. Before the 'pini 27 is applied a! Eslr-.eve780 is slid thereahouts sovtliat` the pin Willllhe lsaved effexoessive Wear through, theloperation of the levers. Y y* 'e f The trapl door i31 of the .oa-r may lhe* operated and held in',.e` losed position by means of "the door b'olt seeurely bolted Yto the.

Hoor thetear;` and the uvl'istanding lever 33 isprovidedfor the operatien of the door bolt when itis desiredjvt'o open' the. trap door, the upper end thereof .being bent over to forinla voonve'n'ientl hendle for: .this purpose. Securely ixedto the operating lever,l

i 35 andin the. normaly pia-th of the 'operating Vlever/Qis the iiire'hraoket it beingso positioned for therpurpose of releasingthe door catchl and all'piving the trap door to spring' 'open when' the operating 'lever is pushed forwardly in the 1, act of extending the'auxiliary ear step;` the lever'ifl striking the 4bracket 311 and thus turning the: leverf and Areleasing; tlienilooif;y v ,"The 'outer `forlr of Athe hift'ureated `h: ndle j'isvprovided `WithV an ofset extension 35 the sarnelloeing in the'fornifof a handle vso that theeuxilizrry'sl'ep and trap, door inay'he conveniently operated from the exterior oftheoar.` y

il y have also shown a spiralv spring, '36, one end'off which isseeured to a` strap S'xed of;the{auxiliary step and the other end to ay strep lixed to the bottom of one oil" the fixed stationary steps, the purpose of the spring` being to aid in the operationY of the step when beingreturned to inoperative position, and it Yolivius that other n'iodilioations Within the scope off the appended claims may be resorted to Without departing from thespiirit of the invention.

Furthermore applioant wishes it to be understood thzit'he is not limited, with respect ro his novel leve-r looking means, to an afuX- K the verticalshaft. Y y

'2. Ak looking device for levers Consisting of a 5 pivotelly" mounted meinherg a clovershaped opening Vinthefree lenvol of the vmeniher through which the lever to l be looked passes whereby thelever Will helooked in either entre-.me position', substantially 'as Vdeope'rati velv connected livith the upper end .of

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3. A looking devioewfor levers Consisting.; of a. pivotallyy mounted lmemhwer, a @lovers shaped .Opening in the free vend ofthe inem her throughA` which (t ingr will premenlt the lever/from opere-ting when kpivotal inove'rnent'is imperted to the ,member-.1 v p Y' q *y 4. An autorriatiey flever look consisting of an'operatinglever and aloekiligj levier.v` a clover shaped,',openinqjin the locking'. lever through. which theoperating'lever is operaL tivelyv Connected, `and ineanswhereby the operatingrlever Will befloleked ineitlier extreme position;suhstantially'as described. `7 l In. testimony'Whereoli'iver hereuntoA aix our signaturesifethe preseneeoftivo Witnesses.' f 4 PETER SVANSQN.

' y Y AXELWTQCARLSON. lWitnesses: i I' T. SLABORMK,VV n O. F-JFRIEnSeURG. Y

` 1 'leverfto vhe looked passes `Whereloy"either'corner of the open- 

